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Discover practical strategies to enhance student achievement through differentiated instruction schedules, implementing new ideas step by step, and empowering students. Practice and engage in collaborative activities with structures designed to support differentiation efforts.
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Differentiated Instruction in the “Real World”:Quick & Easy Time Management Strategies Paula Kluth, Ph.D. www.paulakluth.com pkluth@earthlink.net ------- Raising Student Achievement December 2006
#1 Try a Differentiation Schedule • Differentiation schedules • Catalog the active formats/structures you use • Insert these different formats/structures strategically into your month or semester; add or adjust as needed • Predictability within schedule (e.g., keep all centers the same, same types of questions on graffiti)
#2 Do One Thing at a Time! • Pick something NEW to target (e.g., adding 3 new collaborative structures, creating active lectures, introducing group work). • Plan it. • Try it. • Keep working on that until it feels comfortable. • Then add another idea!
#3 Practice, Practice, Practice! You will have to try some of the techniques several times. You may have to remind students HOW to use/practice the techniques (enlist support).
#4 Don’t Do All the WORK • Put the students to work • design prompts for collaborative activities • have them regularly “run” parts of lessons/parts of the day • Find collaborative partners
#5 Put Structures in Place That Will Differentiate FOR You • Activity Boxes • Learning Agendas • Anchor Activities • ongoing assignments that students can work on independently (busy work with value).
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